Maritime record MHG14779 - Sunbeam: Duncansby Head, Pentland Firth
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 3950 7381 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | ND37SE |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | CANISBAY |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Full Description
The Highland Council Maritime Database gives the NGR as ND 3984 7380.
JHooper, 19/9/2002
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ND37SE 8003 3950 7381
N 58 38.9 W 3 2.55
Formerly ND37SE 8488
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The drifter SUNBEAM was captured by submarine and sunk by gunfire 17 miles south by east from Wick.
Source; World War I Shipping Loses.
Surveying Details
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1 September 1925. The mast is showing 3 metres above water at half tide about 1111 metres NW of Duncansby Head light.
Report by Coastguard Wick, 9 August 1925.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
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- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
